Angle

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 12408ANG
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Norman
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Angle
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29485275
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Notes: 14thC church (one of three medieval churches in Angle; only one surviving); tower added 15thC; restored 19thC
Church Address: Angle, Pembroke, Sir Benfro, Wales SA71 5AP, United Kingdom
Site Location: Pembrokeshire, Wales, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off the B4320, 16 SE of Pembroke [Coordinates: 51° 41′ 4.92″ N, 5° 5′ 30.84″ W 51.6847, -5.0919]
Additional Comments: altered font: scraped and coloured / painted font?
Font Notes:
Noted in the RCAHMW (Pembroke, 1925): "The font, of the Norman cushion type, has been scraped and coloured." The Monkton Rectorial Benefice page [www.revjones.fsnet.co.uk] notes a Norman font in St. Mary's. Noted in Thurlby (2006) in a long "List of scalloped table-top fonts in Pembrokeshire".

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: square, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: square

REFERENCES

  • Great Britain. Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments and Constructions in Wales and Monmouthshire, An inventory of the ancient and historical monuments of the County of Pembroke, London: H.M. Stationary Office, 1925, p. 11
  • Thurlby, Malcolm, Romanesque architecture and sculpture in Wales, Little Logaston, Woonton, Almeley, Herts.: Logaston Press, 2006, p. 188